Two days later there was a much bigger story but you had to turn to page six to find it - the latest ABS stats on jobs and unemployment.

Here it is if you missed it.

"Unemployment malaise" The West Australian 25/8/16, pg 6

Unemployment is rising in WA, at different rates in different locations. The news from the Reachtel polling leaked by business, is that there is a swing in voting against the Liberals in WA, but again, at different rates in different locations.

There's a real message here about jobs in general, not just the Premier's.

We've done the work comparing the latest jobs data with the latest poll results for the north-western suburbs of Perth.